Information & Communication Technologies

Focus and Themes

The SIG aims to provide a networking hub for CAUTHE members to co-create and participate in professional development projects related to the use and impact of Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) in the wide tourism industry and education. Given the diversified transformational impact of ICT, the SIG’s activities will focus on investigating the impact of technologies on four key areas: tourism demand, tourism supply, tourism industry, tourism education and tourism research. Major topics will include:

ICT and the future: understanding how changes in ICT is occurring, what is next, forecasts and scenarios about the future

Key Outcomes for Members

The SIG aims to benefit members by:

creating a forum for exchanging and discussing knowledge and best practices as well as staying alerted about ICT applications, impacts and challenges in the tourism industry and education need to be alerted and informed about current developments and

enabling tourism educators and industry partners to liaise and develop networks through which they can collaboratively pursue research in the area of ICT and tourism

developing and implementing workshops, seminars, research and publication opportunities whereby tourism academics and professionals can use for developing their ICT knowledge and skills, advancing their careers and outputs

evaluating and demonstrating the role and future potential of ICT in order to boost the current use of ICT as well as guide and drive technology tourism research and innovative industry practices.

2018

Continued communication with SIG members about journal special issues and involvement in journal and conference paper review.

Past Activities

2017

Facilitated a one-day ICT SIG Research Symposium at UniSA April 2017. Attended by three keynote speakers,three parallel sessions, around 50 participants.

2016

The SIG was formally approved in March 2016.

A SIG planning meeting was held at the CAUTHE 2016 conference. The meeting attracted 16 attendees and discussion included facilitating a technologies stream at CAUTHE 2017 conference, targeting a journal to edit a special issue and hosting a workshop